حکایت درین معنی
خیل شیر از سخت کوشی خستہ بوددل بذوق تن پرستی بستہ بود
English translation
The tiger-tribe was exhausted by hard struggles; they had set their hearts on enjoyment of luxury.
Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson
Urdu translation
شیروں کا گروہ سخت محنت سے تھک چکا تھا ؛ اور ان کا دل پستی کی طرف مائل تھا۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 36 of 47 in “حکایت درین معنی” (A tale illustrating this concept.), from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Asrar-e-Khudi (اسرارِ خودی), published in 1915.
Read it in the poem۳۶ / ۴۷